NOTE ON CITATIONS AND PRONUNCIATION 1. BUDDHISM AND ELEPHANTS 2. THE BUDDHA 3. KARMA AND REBIRTH 4. THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS 5. THE MAHAYANA 6. BUDDHISM IN ASIA 7. MEDITATION 8. ETHICS 9. BUDDHISM IN THE WEST TIMELINE FURTHER READING INDEX
Damien Keown is Reader in Buddhism at Goldsmiths College,
University of London. His books on Buddhism include Dictionary of
Buddhism and Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction. He is also
Editor of The Journal of Buddhist Ethics and Co-Editor of The
Curzon Critical Studies in Buddhism series.
"Damien Keown's book is a readable and wonderfully lucid
introduction to one of mankind's most beautiful, profound, and
compelling systems of wisdom. The rise of the East makes
understanding and learning from Buddhism, a living doctrine, more
urgent than ever before. Keown's impressive powers of
explanation help us to come to terms with a vital contemporary
reality."--Bryan Appleyard, columnist, The Sunday Times
(London)
"The perfect book for anyone seeking to learn more about this
religion....Holistic in its approach, Buddhism gives readers
insight into an ancient and profound religion."--Medium
"Damien Keown's book is a readable and wonderfully lucid
introduction to one of mankind's most beautiful, profound, and
compelling systems of wisdom. The rise of the East makes
understanding and learning from Buddhism, a living doctrine, more
urgent than ever before. Keown's impressive powers of
explanation help us to come to terms with a vital contemporary
reality."--Bryan Appleyard, columnist, The Sunday Times
(London)
"The perfect book for anyone seeking to learn more about this
religion....Holistic in its approach, Buddhism gives readers
insight into an ancient and profound religion."--Medium
"Damien Keown's book is a readable and wonderfully lucid
introduction to one of mankind's most beautiful, profound, and
compelling systems of wisdom. The rise of the East makes
understanding and learning from Buddhism, a living doctrine, more
urgent than ever before. Keown's impressive powers of explanation
help us to come to terms with a vital contemporary reality."--Bryan
Appleyard, columnist, The Sunday Times (London)
"The perfect book for anyone seeking to learn more about this
religion....Holistic in its approach, Buddhism gives readers
insight into an ancient and profound religion."--Medium
"Damien Keown's book is a readable and wonderfully lucid
introduction to one of mankind's most beautiful, profound, and
compelling systems of wisdom. The rise of the East makes
understanding and learning from Buddhism, a living doctrine, more
urgent than ever before. Keown's impressive powers of explanation
help us to come to terms with a vital contemporary reality."--Bryan
Appleyard, columnist, The Sunday Times (London)
"The perfect book for anyone seeking to learn more about this
religion....Holistic in its approach, Buddhism gives readers
insight into an ancient and profound religion."--Medium
"An excellent and highly readable account of a complex and
multifarious subject."--New Straits Times
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